"Christian-Muslim Relations Vital" - Interview with Bishop Michel Aoun On Oct. 13, 2017, following Pope Francis’ meeting with Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Rafic Harir, the Holy See Press Office released a statement, saying the two leaders agreed on “the value of collaboration between Christians and Muslims to promote peace and [...]
Pope’s address to government and diplomats APOSTOLIC VISIT OF POPE FRANCIS TO MYANMAR Address of the Holy Father to Government authorities, civil societies and the Diplomatic Corps Myanmar International Convention Centre Nay Pyi Taw, Tuesday 28 November 2017 Madam State Counsellor, Honorable Government and other [...]
MYANMAR Highlights of the Apostolic Visit Pope Francis landed in Yangon on 27 Nov for the first phase of his third tour of Asia, to Myanmar and Bangladesh. He visited two cities in Myanmar before moving on to Dhaka in Bangladesh, where he stayed till 2 Dec. Pope Francis said [...]
CZECH REPUBLIC A year of national pilgrimages to mark the 100th Fatima anniversary In the Czech Republic, the most atheistic country in Europe, the Catholic Church felt it important to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Fatima apparitions with its own special all-year-round nationwide pilgrimages. The pilgrims in Fatima who arrived [...]
IRAQ "As long as there is even one Christian family left we will stay" During the war the Dominican Sisters of Iraq lost more than 23 convents that fell into the hands of Islamic State and they were forced to flee. During the flight 14 nuns died, most were older [...]
Pope's message to Bangladesh Pope Francis sent a video message to Bangladesh in which he says that he comes “as a minister of the Gospel of Jesus Christ” and also wishes “to encounter the entire population” and is “especially keen to meet Religious Leaders in Ramona.” The message was sent [...]
DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO "A challenge carved in stone" The impact of a new cathedral in Basankusu in the western Congo – supported by Aid to the Church in Need The position of the church in the Democratic Republic of the Congo is difficult, especially in the eastern part of [...]
Nuncio to UN demands justice for victims of Islamic State Persecuted religious minorities in Syria and Iraq deserve a better future after suffering at the hands of the Islamic State group. That was the message of Archbishop Bernadito Auza, the apostolic nuncio leading the Holy See’s permanent observer mission [...]
IRAQ “The Pope is close to us, even when he is not here” Papal donation from Lamborghini auction gives Iraqi Christians courage “Iraqi Christians were deeply moved by the gesture of the Holy Father,” said Chaldean Catholic Patriarch of Babylon Louis Raphaël I Sako to Aid to the Church in [...]
"Countless Christians are suffering because of our cowardly indifference" - interview with Cardinal Mauro Piacenza, International President of ACN On 17 November, the day Persecuted and Forgotten? was launched in Malta, Auberge de Castille (the Prime Minister’s office) and Good Shepherd church in Balzan were floodlit in red. Thirty [...]
